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Kinsella, Thomas (1928 May 04-2021 December 22)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928 May 04 - 2021 December 22

Biographical note

Poet, translator, publisher, and Irish civil servant Thomas Kinsella was born in 1928 in Dublin. Kinsella initially worked in several posts in the Irish Civil Service and then was poet-in-residence at Southern Illinois University from 1965 to 1967. In 1967, he became a Professor of English at Temple University. Kinsella published more than 30 volumes of poetry, including Another September (1958), for which he won the Guinness Poetry Award. He also wrote critical works and translated four volumes of poetry from Gaelic, notably The Táin (1969), in collaboration with the artist Louis le Brocquy. Kinsella died in 2021.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Kinsella, Thomas, 1975-2015

 File — Box 10: [Barcode: C0148361], Folder: 1-18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence and collected materials from and about Deane's friends, colleagues, and associated organizations. Includes many drafts of literary work sent to Deane for comment, both in his personal capacity and as editor of Dedalus Press.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Contracts and personal financial documents are closed for 75 years from the date of creation for privacy concerns.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1975-2015

Kinsella, Thomas and Eleanor, 1988-2014

 File — Box 10: [Barcode: C0148361], Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence and collected materials from and about Deane's friends, colleagues, and associated organizations. Includes many drafts of literary work sent to Deane for comment, both in his personal capacity and as editor of Dedalus Press.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Contracts and personal financial documents are closed for 75 years from the date of creation for privacy concerns.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 1988-2014

Kinsella, Thomas, Blood and Family, page proofs, 1988 June

 File — Box 4, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of late-twentieth-century Irish poet Gerard Fanning, composed of correspondence, journals, poetry, and photographs. Personal and professional correspondence includes letters from contemporary poets Gerald Dawe, John Deane, Frank Ormsby, Colm Tóibín, among others. Fanning's personal papers feature journals and family photographs, particularly from the 1970s. Papers documenting his career as a poet encompass materials from the two literary periodicals he edited in the 1970s for...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1988 June

Boston College collection of Thomas Kinsella

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-049
Abstract

Correspondence and works by Irish poet Thomas Kinsella, relating to the publication of Selected Poems 1962-1989 (1989), Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (1992), and "Glenmacnass," with illustrations by John Behan (2001).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1984-2001

Name and Nature, correspondence, 2011-2014

 File — Box 25: [Barcode: C0148376], Folder: 13-14
Scope and Contents Correspondence related to a proposed anthology of poetry about Jesus Christ. Correspondents/contributors include John Alderdice, James Alison, Gillian Allnutt, Michael Augustin, Ned Balbo, Sujata Bhatt, Murray Bodo, Eva Bourke, Barbara Bristol, John Burnside, James Carroll, Gillian Clarke, Harry Clifton, Michael Coady, Aidan Coleman, Wendy Cope, Robert Cording, Neil Curry, Pádraig J. Daly, Gwyneth Davies, Florenz Eisman, John Ennis, Martina Evans, Cathy Galvin, Michael Glover, James Harpur,...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Contracts and personal financial documents are closed for 75 years from the date of creation for privacy concerns.

Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and have not been reformatted. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; if possible, reformatting will be scheduled.

Dates: 2011-2014

Peppercanister, list of new special editions, 1985

 File — Shared_box 2591: [Barcode: C0148384], Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains annotated copies and drafts of written works, collected works published by and about Mahon, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, and translations spanning 1980-1987.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1985

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